Low-down binder.



No. 700,200. 'PATENTED MAY 17, 1904. D. L. WOLF. LOW DOWN BINDER.

APPLICATION FILED MAE-11. 1904.

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D. L. WOLF.

LOW DOWN BINDER.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DAVIS LEVI WOLF, OF ARCHER CITY, TEXAS.

LOW-DOWN BINDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 760,290, dated May 17,1904.

Application filed March 11, 1904:.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, DAVIS LEVI \VOLF, a citizen of the United States,residing-at Archer City, in the county of Archer and State of TeXas,haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Low-Down Binders;and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and the letters of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in low-downbinders; and the object of the invention is to produce an apparatuswhereby it will not be necessary to elevate grain, as in common binders,allowing the same to pass down an incline to the packers, which oftencauses trouble in thin or light grain by choking, it being a commontrouble in ordinary binders for the grain to be jerked between the lowerelevator and platform and the lower-elevator canvas, thereby causing aconsiderable amount of grain to be wasted. It is the object of myinvention to obviate this difficulty; and to that end my purpose is toprovide a continuous canvas which will convey the grain as it is cut upa slight incline and deposit the same upon the lower deck, through whichfingers carried by an endless conveyer will carry the grain forward anddeposit the same at such position upon the deck as to be engaged bypackers, and thereby obviating any possibility of choking.

The invention consists, further, in various details of construction andin combinations and arrangements of parts. which will be hereinafterfully described and then specifically defined in the appended claim.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which, withthe letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of thisapplication, and in which drawing,

Figure 1 is a top plan view of myimproved low-down binder apparatus,parts being shown in section and without the mechanism for binding thegrain. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view longitudinally through thecon- Serial No. 197,661. (No model.)

veyer, parts being shown in elevation; and Fig 8 is a side elevation. Y

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, Adesignates the frame of my improved low-down binder, which may be madeof iron or any other suitable material and of any suitable shape.Mounted in the ends of said frame is an axle B, upon which is mountedthe main driving-wheel C, and D designates a swivel-wheel which ismounted upon a stub-shaft I), carried by the yoke (Z, swiveled in theforward upwardlyprojecting portion of the frame, as shown clearly inFig. 3 of the drawings.

The conveyer-frame F, which may be of any shape or size, is mounted uponsaid frame A, and a tongue G may be fastened to said frames A and F andprovided with an evener H. To one end of said conveyer-frame is mounteda stub-shaft E, upon which is jaurnaled a grain-wheel E. Along one ofthe marginal edges of said conveyer frame is mounted the cutting-knifeK, mechanism for driving which and also other operative features of thebinder for handling the grain after it has been conveyed to the deckwhere it is to be bound will not be illustrated in the drawings, as theyform no part of the present invention.

N designates a roller which is mounted at one end of the frame of theconveyer, and N designates a second roller, which is mounted over theframeA toward the other end of the conveyer-frame and at a slightlyhigher elevation than the roller N. The endless canvas conveyer(designated in the drawings by letter 'M) travels about said rollers,and a portion of the conveyer adjacent to the binding apparatus (notshown) is disposed at a slight inclination, as shown clearly in Fig. 2of the drawings, and guide-plates Q are provided on either side ofthelongitudinal beams of the conveyer-frame, which guide the conveyerand cause a portion thereof to travel at an inclination.

J designates the floor of the conveyer-frame, and R represents theupperdeck of the binder, and R the lower deck, between which decks thegrain is carried by the endless conveyer.

S and S designate shafts which are journaled in the conveyer-framebeyond the end of the conveyerand at different elevations and spacedapart. Sprocket-wheels T are fixed to said shafts, and sprocket-chains Oare mounted upon said sprocketwheels T and have curved fingers O, whichcurve rearward or in theopposite direction of the travel of the chainson which they are carried. Said sprocketchains travel at inclinations,as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings, and through the slots 1, Fig. 1 ofthe drawings, in the deck R and are adapted to convey the grain as itdrops off the upper inclined portion of the conveyer M downward anddeposit the same upon the deck R in position to be acted upon by thepackerarrns. (Not shown.

By the provision of alow-down binder apparatus embodying the features ofmy invention I have found from practice that the grain will be carriedfrom the continuous conveyer to and deposited upon the deck, where it'isacted upon by the packer-arms, thus dispensing with the necessity ofraising the grain, as in ordinary binders, and allowing the same to falldown an incline, which frequently causes choking of the'grain and lossof the same by being jerked between the lower canvas and the lower deck,and by the provision of the three wheels as arranged the apparatus isallowed to tilt the same, as with ordinary binders, and by thearrangement of the inclined conveyers having curved fingers the grain iscarried to the packers and straightened out as it is deposited upon thedeck preparatory to its being engaged by the packer-arms, and a lighterdraft is afforded and abinder produced which is especially adapted forthe cutting of certain kinds of grain, fodder, 620.

While I have shown a particular construction of apparatus illustratingmy invention, it will be understood that I may alter the same, ifdesired, as to various details without in any way departing from thespirit of the invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

V A low-down binder comprising a frame having an axle with driving-wheelmounted thereon and a swivel-wheel, a conveyer-frame supported at oneend intermediate said wheels, a grain-wheel supporting the outer end ofsaid conveyer-frame, an endless conveyer mountr raised by the elevatormay be conveyed to the deck of the binder, as set forth. In testimonywhereof I hereunto affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

DAVIS LEVI WOLF.

Witnesses:

M. S. HUDSON, G. A. MoNTGoMERY. A

